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Saturday, 7 September 2013

Positive developments and raring to go by Susie

Even before the official launch of the Nine Months Of
campaign, I was busy contacting different organisations to try to arrange to see
them as part of my PSS Awareness Roadshow. It is surprising how time consuming this is
and I was starting to get a little disheartened that I had put in a lot of time
and effort without having any dates fixed in my diary.

So I was over the moon to receive an extremely
positive response from Birmingham City University. I am delighted that they want me to contribute
to their midwifery course by speaking about HG and Pregnancy Sickness Support to
60 (yes, SIXTY!) of their student midwives as part of their studies. The focus will be on my own personal
experiences of HG, how midwives can best care for women suffering from HG and,
of course, the resources and support that Pregnancy Sickness Support offers.

I am particularly excited at this opportunity
because, of all the groups I contacted, student midwives are perhaps the one I
wanted to speak to most. As future
midwives, they will be an important point of contact for women suffering from any
level of pregnancy sickness and are therefore a key factor in whether a woman
receives the treatment and support she needs.

But I have to admit that with the excitement comes a little trepidation at the responsibility I have to those women who will be looked after in the future by these students. It is crucial that I convey to the students not only the enormous and devastating impact that severe pregnancy sickness and HG can have on a woman, her family and their daily lives but also what midwives can do to help. If successful, I will hopefully (indirectly) help many women in the future to get the support, information and treatment that they need. Thankfully the training is not until February and so I have plenty of time to prepare.

Having had such a positive start to my campaign, I feel inspired and raring to go. Keep an eye out for updates on my blog and please sponsor me if you can spare a pound or two.